Bengaluru: India's upcoming Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) seeks to reveal whether there is methane, considered a 'precursor chemical' for life, on the Red Planet, key officials behind the ambitious vent

BANGALORE: Even as efforts are on to look for signs of life on Mars, one of Earth's closest neighbours at 56 million km, there aren't many takers for India's first-ever robotic mission to the Red Pla

Bengaluru: When India launches its orbiter to Mars in October-November 2013 it will be the precursor to a partnership with space-faring majors which are planning exploratory expeditions to the red pl

The Indian Mars Mission, Mangalyaan, which is scheduled to take off next year, will be completely indigenous. “There won’t be any foreign involvement in Mangalyaan. The `450-crore project will carry 2

India is all set to give the go-ahead for an ambitious mission to Mars, expected in November next year, a top Space Department official said here on Saturday.

"A lot of studies have been done on the

Is there life on Mars? The Indian Space Research Organisation plans find this out by sending Mars Mission in 2013, which will focus on life, climate and geology of the red planet. It will also conduct